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procedures through which science-based
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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POVERTY ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP DISCUSSES CLIMATE AND
ENVIRONMENT MAINSTREAMING |
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 Lilongwe,
6 March—The
15th meeting of the Poverty Environment
Partnership (PEP 15) was held from 1-5 March
2010, in Lilongwe, Malawi, and was convened
under the theme “Climate and Environment
Mainstreaming and the Green Economy to Achieve
the Millennium Development Goals.” Sessions
during the event addressed: climate and
environment mainstreaming; development agencies’
strategies; the green economy; aid effectiveness
and the environment; and supporting African
stakeholders to put ideas into practice.
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Photo: PEP 15 participants |
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PARTICIPANTS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AGREE TO FURTHER
DEVELOP THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON COMMUNITY-BASED ADAPTATION |
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 Dar
es Salaam,
28 February—Participants
at the fourth International Conference on
Community Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate
Change, which convened in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, from 21-27 February 2010, discussed,
inter alia: strengthening institutions;
water; building adaptive capacity; insurance and
microfinance; policy linkages; agriculture;
economics; drylands and pastoralism; urban
areas; managing and communicating knowledge;
scaling up and replicating best practice;
vulnerable groups; role of ecosystems in
adaptation; disaster risk reduction;
methodologies; and funding. At the conclusion,
participants agreed to further develop the
Global Initiative on Community-Based Adaptation
(GICBA), a network that seeks to support CBA-related
activities by generating and sharing relevant
knowledge.
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Photo: Saleemul Huq, International
Institute for Environment and Development,
welcomed participants to the conference and said
that more actions are needed to address
human-induced climate changes. |
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UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION CONCLUDES WITH NUSA
DUA DECLARATION |
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Bali,
27 February—The
eleventh Special Session of the UN Environment
Programme (UNEP) Governing Council/Global
Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-11/GMEF)
convened from 24-26 February 2010, in Bali,
Indonesia. The meeting considered the theme of
“environment in the multilateral system.” During
the meeting, Ministers agreed to the Nusa Dua
Declaration, which underscores the importance of
biodiversity, the urgent need to combat climate
change and work towards a good outcome in Mexico
in November-December 2010, and the key
opportunities from accelerating a transition to
a low-carbon resource-efficient green economy.
The statement also highlights the need to
improve the overall management of the global
environment, accepting that that the “governance
architecture” has become complex and fragmented.
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CITES COP 15:
13-25 March 2010. Doha, Qatar. |
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Rotterdam Convention Sixth Meeting of the Chemical Review
Committee:
15-19 March 2010. Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Ninth Round of Informal Consultations on the UN Fish Stocks
Agreement:
16-17 March 2010. New York, NY, US. |
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International Expert Group Meeting: UN Forum on Climate
Change Mitigation, Fuel Efficiency and Sustainable Urban
Transport:
16-17 March 2010. Seoul, Republic of Korea. |
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Caribbean Regional Meeting for the MSI +5 High-Level Review:
17-18 March 2010. Grenada. |
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Fourth Policy Board Meeting of the UN-REDD Programme:
17-19 March 2010. Nairobi, Kenya. |
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International Consultative Meeting on Expanding Waste
Management Services in Developing Countries:
18-19 March 2010. Tokyo, Japan. |
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2010 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum:
18-19 March 2010. Manila, Philippines. |
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Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Annual Meeting:
19-23 March 2010. Cancun, Mexico. |
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60th session of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection
Committee:
22-26 March 2010. London, UK. |
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53rd meeting of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Executive Board:
22-26 March 2010. Bonn, Germany. |
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CBD ABS 9:
22-28 March 2010. Santiago de Cali, Colombia. |
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CSD-18 Thematic Seminar Series: Sustainable Consumption and
Production:
23 March 2010. New York, US. |
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High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development:
23-24 March 2010. New York, US. |
IISD Reporting Services will be reporting from the
2010 CIF Partnership Forum | 18-19
March 2010, Manila, Philippines
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